Tramadol/Methadone?

Ok, so heres my story.. i had used Tramadol/Ultram for about a week and a day.. i heard Tramadol is a bad withdrawal.. i was on my 2nd day of withdrawal with nothing.. and i took some methadone.. but i take methadone maybe once a year.. and i took 2 10mg.. im on day 3 now.. i know withdrawals are 1-4 days.. or more than that on how much you take.. would i withdrawal from methadone or would i be well?

Answers (2)

Anonymous

17 Nov 2010

Hi chrisrunsya,If you don't mind, let us know how much Ultram you were taking, just go to add more info to my question, we need this to let you know about WD's.If you were only taking them for a week then I would think you wouldn't even go through any withdrawal at all. But that is just my opinion.You'll get lots of answers, hang in there!Best wishes,sweetlemon

Thanks finally a response.. lol and i was addicted to lorcets.. percocets.. and tramadol for 2 years.. then i quit for a while and started taking tramadol.. so i would take at the most a day 6... and i only used a week maybe.. so i knew i was gonna face withdrawals.. on day 2 my legs we're cramping and so on.. i know dont change one drug with another.. but i took some methadone.. i swear this is my first time taking methadone.. so i dont think ill have withdrawals from methadone.. give me your opinion though thanks alot. so taking this methadone.. ill be on day 4 so tramadol withdrawals will be over with.. i think.

Anonymous 18 Nov 2010

Hi again chrisrunsdisbitch (love the name!)I tried to respond to another question you posted, but it went into cyberspace. I think you said you had some Suboxone, right? I don't know squat about methadone, so I can't help you there.I am going to add you as a friend, if you add me as a friend we can PQ each other over this situation you are in. You have some great reasons to get off the junk, and you know that already.If I did it, so can you. It isn't going to be easy, but good things are rarely come by.Wishing you and your family all the best,Lara

Anonymous 18 Nov 2010

Sorry for post on post, but perhaps Suboxone would be the best route for you? Just a thought.I am here if ye need to vent.

Anonymous 18 Nov 2010

Chris, i am not a dr or a nurse, but as long as u don't start taking meds that don't have any type od sedative effect, you should b ok.Don't take any type of benzo, muscle relaxer, sleep aid, alcohol, or anesthesia 4 sure. join the methadone group here and read old posts for additional info. If u r in reasonable good health, DON'T HAVE a compromised liver or immune system and avoid any meds that would combine with the methadone and increase the respiratory depression, u should b fine but u really would benefit from an addiction specialist dr and counselor as there are no guarantees.

Anonymous 18 Nov 2010

Most def need a doc!!! You need to be careful.good luck to you.

Anonymous 18 Nov 2010

Sorry, let me clarify, DON't Add sedatives of any type, Don't repeat, DON'T take them. i am txting from phone, it is a nightmare to do. doesn't let u preview ur response on a comment. didn't mean 2 use a double negative.

Hey Chris, sorry for the ultra late response, I don't have a PC at home. I did see this question but trying to text a complete answer from my phone proved too daunting. Ok, when we take any opiate for long enough, doesn't matter if you switch them around, the same thing happens, the natural system of pain relief in the brain can not function for the time being. It has to heal and reboot. All you have done is switch the opiate and opoids around and gone to a long acting opiate replacement, you are still going to have withdrawal because the system is down. I hate to tell you this, but it probably is going to be longer than 1 to 4 days, how the snorting affects it I am not sure off, don't have alot of experience with that, just know it messes your nose and lungs up. Anyway, in regards to long term opiate replacements, if a person truly has a reason for pain and always will, Methadone, properly used, is probably the best route to go.

If you are wanting to stop withdrawal ( and yours is going to be a special case because you intervened with methadone, wish you hadn't done that, but you stayed at a low dose, thank God) and get over cravings and heal the brain receptor sites and neurotransmitters so they will function again, Subutex or Suboxone is the way to go. There is a special way to get off methadone and get on either of those as methadone is also a long acting pain med, so, you will still have to go into withdrawal for a little longer than the 24 hours to get on subutex first then switch to suboxone. If you try to take it too early, you will have a condition called Precipitated Withdrawal ( really really bad withdrawal) and the 2 medications, the opiate and the suboxone will try to unseat each other from the receptor sites and they will cancel each other out and you will be in agony. If you will go to YouTube.come and look up SuboxDoc and Maple2609, they have many videos out on suboxone, suboxdoc is a psychiatrist so he explains it from a medical and scientific view point and Maple is a young patient and they both explain who what why and how very well. Hope this helps. PS, you will stay in withdrawal until those neurotransmitters and receptor sites heal, it may be as long as 6 weeks depending on how badly they are damaged, and it could be as little as 2 weeks, you will get better each day, days 1 thru 5 are probably going to be the worst.

OK i have another question bro.. i heard alot of people died from Methadone.. but would i die or anything from 10mg a day? because i know it has a half life to it also.. thats what scares me is when i go to sleep im afraid im not going to get up.. ive had 20mg in 3 days.. of methadone..

no i am not right now.. i took 2 lorcet 10's today and thats all ive had today.. im scared to take any benzo's like valium and stuff cuz of the half life methadone.. it should be out by 48 hours i do believe.. cause i do have anxiety.. i passed out due to it...

Anonymous 20 Nov 2010

chrisrunsdisbitch,You passed out due to anxiety? Or from taking a benzo? Forgive my confusion, it's 4 am, and I am sleep deprived, so things aren't sinking in!I am a bit concerned about you, are you waiting for methadone to be out of your system, and then... what??? Please tell us what your game plan is, if that is not too intrusive that is??? SL